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medium 5.5

CVE-2022-27114 json

There is a vulnerability in htmldoc 1.9.16.

published 2022-05-09 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-31653

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 61%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

There is a vulnerability in htmldoc 1.9.16. In image_load_jpeg function image.cxx when it calls malloc,'img->width' and 'img->height' they are large enough to cause an integer overflow. So, the malloc function may return a heap blosmaller than the expected size, and it will cause a buffer overflow/Address boundary error in the jpeg_read_scanlines function.

Patch / fix

  • htmldoc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.9.15-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27114

  • htmldoc Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.8.27-8ubuntu1+esm4
  • htmldoc Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.8.27-8ubuntu1.1+esm3
  • htmldoc Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.9.2-1ubuntu0.2+esm2
  • htmldoc Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 1.9.7-1ubuntu0.3+esm2
  • htmldoc Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 1.9.15-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27114

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • htmldoc openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.9.15-3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12071-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-27114 updated cvss 4.4

htmldoc: image_load_jpeg can cause integer overflow

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/471 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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